Q: Is 2,611,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,611,740 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,611,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 29 30 38 57 58 60 76 79 87 95 114 116 145 158 174 190 228 237 285 290 316 348 380 395 435 474 551 570 580 790 870 948 1,102 1,140 1,185 1,501 1,580 1,653 1,740 2,204 2,291 2,370 2,755 3,002 3,306 4,503 4,582 4,740 5,510 6,004 6,612 6,873 7,505 8,265 9,006 9,164 11,020 11,455 13,746 15,010 16,530 18,012 22,515 22,910 27,492 30,020 33,060 34,365 43,529 45,030 45,820 68,730 87,058 90,060 130,587 137,460 174,116 217,645 261,174 435,290 522,348 652,935 870,580 1,305,870 and 2,611,740, with no remainder.

Since 2,611,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,611,740, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).